The best quotes from The Godfather trilogy
The top 3 according to 137 votes from people: Leave the gun. Take the cannoli. · I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse. · Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.. (Updated Mar 28, 2021.)
The most quoted lines from Francis Ford Coppola's trilogy (1972, 1974, 1990), with who says them and in which film. «I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse» is No. 2 on the AFI's list of greatest movie quotes.
Top 12
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1
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
Clemenza after the hit on Paulie, The Godfather (1972); Richard Castellano improvised the second half.
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2
I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse.
Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) about Johnny Fontane's film role, The Godfather (1972); AFI's No. 2 movie quote.
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3
Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
Michael Corleone, The Godfather Part II (1974).
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4
It's not personal, Sonny. It's strictly business.
Michael explaining his plan to kill Sollozzo and McCluskey, The Godfather (1972).
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5
Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.
Michael Corleone, The Godfather Part III (1990).
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6
I believe in America.
Bonasera's opening line, the first words of The Godfather (1972).
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7
A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man.
Vito Corleone at his daughter's wedding, The Godfather (1972).
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8
Never tell anybody outside the family what you're thinking again.
Vito to Sonny after the meeting with Sollozzo, The Godfather (1972).
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9
Someday, and that day may never come, I'll call upon you to do a service for me.
Vito to the undertaker Bonasera, The Godfather (1972).
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10
It's a Sicilian message. It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes.
Clemenza explaining the fish wrapped in Luca's vest, The Godfather (1972).
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11
I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart!
Michael to his brother in Havana, The Godfather Part II (1974).
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12
Don't ever take sides with anyone against the Family again. Ever.
Michael to Fredo in Las Vegas, The Godfather (1972).
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13
Michael, we're bigger than U.S. Steel.
Hyman Roth in Havana, The Godfather Part II (1974).
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Comments (3)
'Leave the gun, take the cannoli' is the best line in the movie.
Michael's 'Just when I thought I was out' is more famous than the third movie itself 😅
Fredo scene still breaks my heart.